Continuous casting mold

Abstract

A continuous casting mold includes an oscillation mechanism and a guiding mechanism supporting the continuous casting mold relative to a stationary supporting structure, the guiding mechanism being formed as a disc-shaped spring. In order to ensure perfect guidance by employing a simply structured oscillation mechanism and to markedly reduce the masses to be moved, at least one disc-shaped spring formed as an annular disc peripherally surrounds the continuous casting mold, which annular disc by the inner edge region is connected with the continuous casting mold and by the outer edge region is connected with the stationary supporting structure.

What we claimed is: 
     
       1. In a continuous casting mold arrangement of the type comprising a continuous casting mold having an oscillation means, a stationary supporting structure and guiding means supporting said casting mold relative to said stationary supporting structure said guiding means comprising disc-shape springs peripherally surrounding said casting mold and adapted to support the continuous casting mold relative to said stationary supporting structure, the improvement wherein at least one disc-shaped spring is an annular disc peripherally surrounding said continuous casting mold, said annular disc having an inner edge region and an outer edge region, and being by the inner edge region connected with the continuous casting mold and by the outer edge region connected with the stationary supporting structure. 
     
     
       2. A continuous casting mold arrangement as set forth in claim 1, wherein two disc-shaped springs are provided which are arranged parallel to and at a distance from each other in the direction of the longitudinal center line of said continuous casting mold. 
     
     
       3. A continuous casting mold arrangement as set forth in claim 2, wherein said disc-shaped springs are arranged in planes oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal center line of the continuous casting mold. 
     
     
       4. A continuous casting mold arrangement as set forth in claim 2, wherein said disc-shaped springs are connected both with said continuous casting mold and with said stationary supporting structure in a liquid-tight manner and said space between said disc-shaped springs is permeated by coolant. 
     
     
       5. A continuous casting mold arrangement as set forth in claim 4, wherein said disc-shaped springs have different spring constants--due to different geometric dimensions--and the oscillation means is provided with a pulsator for imparting a pulsating pressure course to the coolant for the continuous casting mold. 
     
     
       6. A continuous casting mold arrangement as set forth in claim 4, wherein said disc-shaped springs have different spring constants--due to different materials--and said oscillation means is provided with a pulsator for imparting a pulsating pressure course to said coolant for said continuous casting mold. 
     
     
       7. A continuous casting mold arrangement as set forth in claim 4, wherein said disc-shaped springs have different spring constants--due to different geometric dimensions and different materials--and said oscillation means is provided with a pulsator for imparting a pulsating pressure course to said coolant for said continuous casting mold. 
     
     
       8. A continuous casting mold arrangement as set forth in claim 5, wherein said pulsator comprises a pump constructed to set the coolant under pressure and an adjustable throttle capable of being switched between a first throttle position and a second throttle position. 
     
     
       9. A continuous casting mold arrangement as set forth in claim 8, wherein said pump is a centrifugal pump. 
     
     
       10. A continuous casting mold arrangement as set forth in claim 1, wherein said oscillation means is comprised of a pulsator acting between said continuous casting mold and said stationary supporting structure. 
     
     
       11. A continuous casting mold arrangement as set forth in claim 1, wherein said pulsator is a pressure medium cylinder. 
     
     
       12. A continuous casting mold arrangement as set forth in claim 1, wherein said pulsator is an eccentric drive. 
     
     
       13. A continuous casting mold arrangement set forth in claim 1, wherein said stationary supporting structure comprises a supporting beam peripherally surrounding said continuous casting mold as well as a stationary supporting framework, said supporting beam being detachably mounted on said supporting framework and, together with said continuous casting mold and said disc-shaped spring, forming a building block capable of being lifted off said stationary supporting framework and inserted into the same. 
     
     
       14. A continuous casting mold arrangement as set forth in claim 13, wherein said oscillation means is arranged between said supporting beam peripherally surrounding the continuous casting mold and said continuous casting mold and--together with said building block formed by said supporting beam peripherally surrounding the continuous casting mold, the continuous casting mold and the disc-shaped spring--is capable of being removed from and inserted into said stationary supporting framework. 
     
     
       15. A continuous casting mold arrangement as set forth in claim 1, wherein said disc-shaped spring is provided with radially oriented thin-wall points, particularly in corner regions. 
     
     
       16. A continuous casting mold arrangement as set forth in claim 1, wherein said disc-shaped spring is provided with radially oriented openings, such as slits, particularly in corner regions. 
     
     
       17. A continuous casting mold arrangement as set forth in claim 1, wherein said disc-shaped spring is designed as a single-layer diaphragm spring. 
     
     
       18. A continuous casting mold arrangement as set forth in claim 1, wherein said disc-shaped spring exhibits an uneven thickness over its circumference. 
     
     
       19. A continuous casting mold arrangement as set forth in claim 1, wherein said disc-shaped spring exhibits an uneven thickness over its radial extension. 
     
     
       20. A continuous casting mold arrangement as set forth in claim 1, wherein said disc-shaped spring exhibits an uneven thickness over its circumference and its radial extension.